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A review by bookybrookey
Desert Flower by Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller
4.0
This book was such an interesting read - especially the first half that follows Waris through her childhood in the desert, her escape from marriage to an old man and her journey to eventually work in London.
One of the biggest things this book did though was make me MAD at men. Almost every guy she meets in the first half tries to rape her and then in the last few chapters her discussion on female genital mutilation really reinforced my anger towards horrible, painful or inhumane practices women must go through for the sake of their fathers/husbands/the rest of male society.
Luckily I already own her other two books so I look forward to seeing how Waris has used her experiences to help raise awareness of female genital mutilation and prevent other little girls from going through it.
One of the biggest things this book did though was make me MAD at men. Almost every guy she meets in the first half tries to rape her and then in the last few chapters her discussion on female genital mutilation really reinforced my anger towards horrible, painful or inhumane practices women must go through for the sake of their fathers/husbands/the rest of male society.
Luckily I already own her other two books so I look forward to seeing how Waris has used her experiences to help raise awareness of female genital mutilation and prevent other little girls from going through it.